Used Nissan GT-R Front Bumper

The Nissan GT-R (R35) has been in continuous production since 2008 and received notable facelifts in 2011 and 2016, with each update bringing changes to the front-end styling including the bumper and grille. Bumpers from within the same facelift period are your safest match. If you're shopping across those facelift boundaries — for example, fitting a pre-2011 bumper onto a 2011-onwards car or a pre-2016 piece onto a 2016-onwards car — confirm with the breaker against your registration before buying.

Both the 2012 and 2015 GT-R sit within the same R35 generation, and the 2012 car falls in the post-2011 facelift era while the 2015 car predates the 2016 facelift, so both are in the same styling period — that's a promising sign. However, Nissan made incremental year-on-year revisions to the GT-R throughout its life, so it's worth having the breaker check both the donor and your car's registration to confirm the panel is a true match before you commit.

Trim level does not affect front bumper fitment on the GT-R — the front-end panels are shared across variants within the same facelift period regardless of whether the car is a standard, Premium Edition, or Track Edition. You may find minor cosmetic differences such as badges or small trim inserts, but the bumper shell itself is the same. Focus your search on matching the facelift period rather than the trim name.

The R35 GT-R received its first significant front-end facelift in 2011, after which the bumper and grille styling changed noticeably, so a pre-2011 panel and a 2011-onwards panel are from different styling generations. Whether the mounting points and underlying structure allow a swap is something you should confirm with the breaker against your specific registration, as this is a boundary crossing where fitment cannot be taken for granted.

The 2016 facelift brought a revised front end to the R35 GT-R, making 2014 (pre-facelift) and 2016-onwards (post-facelift) cars visually distinct at the front. These two bumpers are from either side of a known facelift boundary, so whether they physically interchange is something you must confirm with the breaker against both registrations — don't assume they'll swap without that check.

The front bumper shell itself is not determined by your headlight type, but the apertures and mounts around the fog light and sensor areas can vary, and headlight unit compatibility is a related question. Whether a specific bumper works cleanly with your car's headlight setup — particularly if one car has xenon and another has LED units — is something to confirm with the breaker against your registration rather than assume.